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I'm looking at connecting two gas appliances to one calor regulator, (2 hob portable cooker and a beauclair) and have seen some single quick release gas connectors and will also need a Y connector piece.
Anyone know if there is such a thing as a Y connector which incorporates these quick release connectors rather than buying all separate components.
I wouldn't recommend this, if you split the gas, you are going to half the performance of all. the output of gas will not increase, and you will lower the amount to each appliance.
I don't know of any Y-piece with quick-releases built in, but the principle works very happily for me using my own assembled one to run a cooker and a fridge.
I have a handful of gas regulators (Calor butane, propane, campingaz, twin disposables) each with a shortish bit of hose (about 500mm), a Y-piece, and all my appliances (a couple of cookers, a light, a fridge (plus, actually, some blowtorches, but they don't get used for camping!)) have hoses ending in quick-releases. Then you can mix-n-match.
As it happens, I'm cleaning and packing today, so you can have a photo:
With respect to gas 'power', you need to make sure your regulator can keep up with the flow, but your regulator should quote a max rate and your appliances should quote their max consumption. Also, in theory if it's cold and you're using butane your cylinder might not keep up - you might not get enough heat into the cylinder to evaporate the gas. That's unlikely to happen with a couple of small appliances in a UK summer, but it could if you go camping in January and decide to do some heavy blowtorching while you're at it. If the cylinder gets really cold and your appliance doesn't deliver its normal oomph, you've found the limit. A bigger cylinder helps, or warm your cylinder (if it's a disposable, for example, stick it inside your shirt against your belly - doesn't work with a 7kg calor), or switch to propane, or lower your consumption.
I don’t see a problem. After all caravans run several gas appliances and an external bbq point off one cylinder without loss of performance.
That's the Y (or T) connectors I was looking at but to reduce hose joints was looking around to see if this connector was available as quick release rather than just hose connector. It is use able and may need to go down that route.
Quote: Originally posted by achrn on 01/9/2019
I don't know of any Y-piece with quick-releases built in, but the principle works very happily for me using my own assembled one to run a cooker and a fridge.
I have a handful of gas regulators (Calor butane, propane, campingaz, twin disposables) each with a shortish bit of hose (about 500mm), a Y-piece, and all my appliances (a couple of cookers, a light, a fridge (plus, actually, some blowtorches, but they don't get used for camping!)) have hoses ending in quick-releases. Then you can mix-n-match.
As it happens, I'm cleaning and packing today, so you can have a photo:
With respect to gas 'power', you need to make sure your regulator can keep up with the flow, but your regulator should quote a max rate and your appliances should quote their max consumption. Also, in theory if it's cold and you're using butane your cylinder might not keep up - you might not get enough heat into the cylinder to evaporate the gas. That's unlikely to happen with a couple of small appliances in a UK summer, but it could if you go camping in January and decide to do some heavy blowtorching while you're at it. If the cylinder gets really cold and your appliance doesn't deliver its normal oomph, you've found the limit. A bigger cylinder helps, or warm your cylinder (if it's a disposable, for example, stick it inside your shirt against your belly - doesn't work with a 7kg calor), or switch to propane, or lower your consumption.
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Topic: Calor Gas - Two Appliances
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